My Sister Eileen (1955)
Betty Garrett: Ruth Sherwood
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Quotes
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Ruth Sherwood : Just what kind of work are you out of, Wreck?
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Robert 'Bob' Baker : I didn't mean to offend you.
Ruth Sherwood : Offend me? Just because you said I write like a frustrated old maid?
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Ted 'Wreck' Loomis : We're engaged. Oh, look, I don't want you to get the wrong idea. It's just that we can't afford to get married and we can't afford two apartments. I'm out of work right now. So when Helen's at work, I sleep and then when she sleeps, I do the housework. We don't see much of each other, so we get along just great. I can see you girls still think thats a little strange?
Ruth Sherwood : Only because were from Ohio.
Ted 'Wreck' Loomis : Oh, yeah! I guess that would make a difference.
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Eileen Sherwood : That's the trouble with you. You've got a complex or something. You're a lot more attractive than you think you are.
Ruth Sherwood : You're close. I'm a lot more attractive than men think I am.
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Ruth Sherwood : How much is this apartment?
'Papa' Appopolous : Only $65.
Ruth Sherwood : $65! For this concrete catacomb?
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Eileen Sherwood : Oh, it is colorful, isnt it, Ruth?
Ruth Sherwood : If you like loud colors.
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Ruth Sherwood : There we are now, the Sherwood sisters - one would-be writer and one would-be actress, in search of fame, fortune, and a for rent sign on Barrow Street. The one in red, thats me. And the beautiful blond, thats my sister Eileen.
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Ruth Sherwood : Beat it, you drunken goons!
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Ruth Sherwood : If we're gonna do it, honey, let's do it!
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Eileen Sherwood : Whats the matter?
Ruth Sherwood : This bed.
Eileen Sherwood : They are kind of hard, aren't they?
Ruth Sherwood : Hard? We could do better at the morgue.
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Eileen Sherwood : Bad news?
Ruth Sherwood : Not if you like to suffer.
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Robert 'Bob' Baker : You don't have to ask me up.
Ruth Sherwood : It's not up, it's down.
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Ruth Sherwood : Faint heart never won fair lady.
Frank Lippincott : You mean I should take the bit in my teeth.
Ruth Sherwood : Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Frank Lippincott : Thats easier said than done.
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Ruth Sherwood : [singing] Professor, I don't mean maybe, When I shake a footsie, With my tootsie-wootsie...
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Frank Lippincott : He seems like a very nice fellow. Very nice. I think he's got me mixed up with somebody else, though. Who is he?
Ruth Sherwood : He's just a fellow who's got me mixed up with somebody else.
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Frank Lippincott , Eileen Sherwood , Ruth Sherwood , Chick : [singing] Give me that sound, That makes a gal and her fellow yell, Hot diggity dog!
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Robert 'Bob' Baker : By the way, who was the beautiful blond?
Ruth Sherwood : Oh, her. Oh, she's a friend of my friend's friend.
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Ruth Sherwood : I can see the headlines now, "Sherwood Sisters Incite Riot, Create International Incident With Brazil."
Eileen Sherwood : Ugh, Frank's really going to think I'm "Bohemian" now.
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Ruth Sherwood : So, now he knows that there's a you - and I'm just me.
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Robert 'Bob' Baker : Your sister's very attractive.
Ruth Sherwood : She's beautiful, isn't she.
Robert 'Bob' Baker : She's lovely.
Ruth Sherwood : She's got a wonderful personality.
Robert 'Bob' Baker : Yeah, she's got a great figure.